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Also Known As	Ormin
Flourished	c.1200 -
Notable Works	“Ormulum”
Subjects Of Study	Middle English language • orthography

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John Donne

English poet

Ronald Knox, pen and ink drawing by P. Evans, c. 1926; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Ronald Knox

British theologian

Spurgeon, detail of an oil painting by Alexander Melville, 19th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

C.H. Spurgeon

English minister

Pitman, detail of an oil painting by A.S. Cope; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Isaac Pitman

English educator and inventor

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Terence Tiller

British writer

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John Bampton

English clergyman

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Frederick William Robertson

British clergyman

Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

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Origen

Christian theologian

Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus

Jewish philosopher

Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

French bishop

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose

bishop of Milan

St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great

bishop of Caesarea

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Meister Eckhart

German theologian and mystic

St. John Chrysostom

St. John Chrysostom

archbishop of Constantinople

Painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in a brown Franciscan robe, holding a lily in his left hand and the child Jesus seated on an open book in his right arm, with a village and sky in the background.

St. Anthony of Padua

Portuguese friar

Vieira, António

António Vieira

Portuguese author and diplomat

The Power of Positive Thinking

Norman Vincent Peale

American religious leader

Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić

Serbian language scholar

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Pietro Bembo

Italian cardinal and writer